While a bit brief for my liking, I thought this book was great. I love the principles that Dr. Hyman specifies and found that his eating choices are already quite similar to my own. Thus, I really didn't learn much from this book, but I'm glad he is sharing this information with others. Due to thyroid, insulin, metabolism, and food sensitivity issues, I have tried nearly every style of eating and while some have many followers, I have found that most did not work for my health. There have been many vegan authors that I like and follow, yet they wrongly claim all animal products are terrible for everyone. This simply is not true and does not take into consideration the uniqueness of everybody's body. My health plummeted on just healthy grains and produce and improved immensely when adding a bit of meat back. Likewise, Dr. Hyman has found the same! He eats mainly unprocessed plants, nuts and seeds, small amount of grains and legumes, and a bit of humanely raised grass fed meat. While this sounds intuitive and reasonable, the majority of books on health and eating either take a more vegan based approach or keto and include a lot of animal products. The balance this book,strikes is what works best for me, through trial and error, so I'm excited to see that it works for others as well!

I found the information on regenerative farming very interesting and I love that animals play such a crucial role in that and can be raised humanely, decrease climate change, and provide more nutrition sustanence at the end of their lives.

I was a big disappointed with the recipes at the end of the book. There were no pictures and many had a crazy amount of ingredients, well into the 20s! A few sounded good enough for me to mark, but I was definitely hoping for more. I also wish Dr. Hyman went into more detail throughout the book. The brevity may suit those who what the bare bones and are not inclined to hear scientific details, but I really enjoy that part so it felt like there was much that was missing on that front. He did reference multiple of his previous books for more details, but it would have been nice to include some details rather than just referring the reader to those books as they are reading this book and not those books at the time.

I still really enjoyed this book and despite me wanting more, I'm sure many enjoy the simplification of it.

This is a really helpful book, as I looked into paleo / vegan ways of eating. I am thankful for the opportunity to gain Dr. Hyman's insight.

This book has some great information about the importance of the food we choose to eat and how those foods effect our overall health. The recipes were great and I appreciated how it discusses food as medicine, a healthy gut, and how to detox our body. This background information helps clarify why eating in this way is healthy, rather than just providing recipes without any understanding.

As a vegan I was interested to read this book as the author formally promotes a healthy vegan lifestyle . I was very disappointed to find in this book he now recommends meat and dairy which are so toxic and dangerous for people to eat as well as cruel and bad for the climate. it is hypocritical for him to promote these eating habits as healthy and yet talk about sustainable agriculture and climate change . Very poor judgement. It was very disappointing that he reaches such a large audience of impressionable people that may continue to eat unhealthy due to his poor recommendations.

This is a very easy to read but very informative book. Dr. Hyman presents 21 guidelines to follow for the best diet, which he coined a few years ago from taking the best of paleo principles and the best of vegan principles. Hyman was once vegan but now eats some animal products, and is a big proponent of regenerative agriculture, which combats climate change and also produces healthier meat and dairy. For a modern news item that really drives that home, see the recent news stories about butter no longer softening at room temperature because dairy farmers increased the palmitic acid from palm oil (a long-chain fatty acid linked to heart disease) in their cattle feed to increase the fat in their milk so they get more butter. Hyman recommends a diet that's free of grains, sugar, most dairy, starches and processed foods and that focuses on lots of vegetables and healthy fats along with smaller portions of grass-fed meats and healthy foods like berries and fatty fish.

The chapters are short, to the point and easy to follow, with a summary at the end of each chapter of the few key points.

Some recipes are provided at the end but I didn't find them very easy or appealing. The recipes contain nutritional information but no photos.

Dr. Hyman is one of our modern experts in dietary advice and he's filled his latest book with very accessible information to adopt some of his advice. Most of it was not new to me but I read about this topic often, and I did appreciate how short, to the point, and succinct each part was. I also appreciate how he focuses on the importance of regenerative agriculture not just for healthy foods (factory farmed meat and dairy really is toxic) but for the sake of the animals and because it's one of the most important elements of tackling climate change. He goes into that topic much more in his 2020 book Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet-One Bite at a Time. This is a great book for "bite sized" bits of information to drastically improve your diet and your health.

I read a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley.

As some one who suffers from horrible IBS-D, leaky gut, skin rashes, and gluten/dairy intolerance, I found Dr. Hyman's new book to be full of helpful wisdom. It is practical and easy to follow, giving simple steps to help heal your body and use whole, nutritious foods as your "farmacy." I was a little disappointed with the recipes that are given in the back. They are a bit too "adventurous" for my kids. But I will certainly be using Dr. Hyman's advice to modify our favorite recipes and snacks so we can reap the benefit of the Pegan Diet! Let the healing begin!

I have been following Dr. Mark Hyman for some time now so when I got a chance to get my hands on this book I was absolutely thrilled! If you want your health back on track, then you must read this book. Dr. Hyman is a leader in Functional Medicine and his belief is that food IS medicine. This book is just a wealth of information on nutrition. Its a MUST READ. Strongly recommend for everyone.

As a nutrition professional, I enjoyed reading The Pegan Diet by Dr. Mark Hyman. The foundation of our health is and should always be quality, whole foods. Dr. Hyman gives easy-to-understand and useful tips that are simple enough for anyone to adopt.

Climate change is a hot topic right now and many do not realize the importance of regenerative farming and how it can improve our climate. While the media focus is on oil and gas, the food industry isn't getting the attention it needs and deserves. Dr. Hyman brings this to light.

He also recommends testing beyond that which most doctors offer or recommend. These tests can be invaluable in helping a client do a deep dive into learning and knowing their body's unique needs.

The Pegan Diet is a great resource for laypeople and nutrition professionals.

Thank you for the opportunity to preview this book. I read it cover to cover. The in depth information about the Pegan Diet is very informative and easy to understand.

I really enjoyed The Pegan Diet. I feel like the book was well written/researched, and could be a great resource for anyone trying to become healthier.

You can see my full video review at 8am on the pub date: https://youtu.be/qzAeVHD1CHQ

I was watching Dr. Oz on television on I first heard of the Pegan diet. It is a blend of the best parts of the Paleo diet and the Vegan way of eating. Mark Hyman has expanded on the idea in this book which is chock-full of information. I found it to be an interesting and informative book to read, and I especially liked the charts of useful substitutes and best food choices.

If you are thinking this is one of those books where you have to end up eating really weird foods to follow the plan, I am here to reassure you that is not the case. Hyman mentions people who have turned their health around with this plan, and I found that to be inspiring. There are also suggestions for an elimination diet, so you can personally try to figure out if any of the foods you are eating don’t work well for you.

This is the kind of book I prefer to read in hardcover or softcover, rather than Kindle, so I can dog-ear the pages and draw arrows in the column. I don’t do this with most books, only non-fiction ones when I plan to look back at something. Friends have told me most of my books still appear new after reading, but books like this, with lots of useful information, end up looking well loved.

I have heard of Hyman as I have been researching how to help my husband with ADD. This is my first book that I’ve read and at first glance this felt overwhelming to me, but I do think there are some great ideas to incorporate into our life to create a health diet. It is a little difficult through when you are picky eaters.

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my opinion.

The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World by Dr. Mark Hyman
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Genre: Health, Mind & Body
Release Date: February 23, 2021

The Pegan Diet by Dr. Mark Hyman is a set of 21 principles for reclaiming your health. I love that the first principle is "Use Food as Your Farmacy"! I find the paleo-vegan principles fascinating & actually sustainable.

Dr. Hyman has packed so much information into this book! I think by viewing food as medicine that can either help or harm us is the first step to improving our health (& the environment, in this case). I look forward to implementing some (eventually all) of these principles in my life (& sneaking them into my husband's life).
I'm so grateful to Dr. Mark Hyman, Little, Brown and Company, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

The Pegan Diet gives Dr. Mark Hyman's recommendations for healthy eating in the form of twenty-one rules. The rules involve eating, healthy whole foods, eliminating gluten grains, most dairy and most sugar. As a nutritionist I fully support his recommendations. They have helped improve both my own health as well as that of my nutrition clients.
The term "pegan" is a mixture of paleo and vegan, which Dr. Hyman coined a few years ago. It involves the low/no grains and dairy of the Paleo diet, plus lots of veggies from vegan diets. The diet is really just common sense, in my opinion. This book would be good for someone who is interested in eating a healthier diet, but is not sure where to begin. It might be repetitive if you already have a lot of nutrition knowledge.
The book includes a number of recipes at the end. They are fairly complicated in my opinion as someone who cooks a lot. The average reader would have been better served with some easier recipes or simple meal templates.
I received a complementary copy via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

Learn to eat for longevity and gut health with the pegan diet. The pegan diet is a mix of the paleo and vegan diet, and treats food as medicine based on functional medicine. Another excellent Dr. Hyman book.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of The Pegan Diet.

I'm always interested in ways to improve my health, eating habits and lifestyle and the title of the book caught my eye.

I know there are a lot of fad diets, which I used to try when I was much younger before I started running and eating healthfully, but I know I can always improve my eating habits and routine especially as I age and continue to run.

I've been eating a semi-paleo diet for a few years now and have noticed changes in my body, weight and mood so combined a paleo and vegan diet intrigued me.

Dr. Hyman offers practical and reasonable advice in all 20 chapters but most of it is common sense:

You are what you eat. Are you an apple or are you a bag of junky chips?

Eat whole foods, not foods with labels of ingredients you can't pronounce.

Dr. Hyman coins the word "farmacy" to remind readers that healthy whole foods are the best medicine and can cure many common ailments you may have, such as diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, issues that have a direct correlation to the foods you eat.

The 30 recipes provided at the end of the book are density rich of vitamins, antioxidants, low carb with ingredients some people might find exotic but necessary superfoods.

The writing is straightforward and easy to read and follow and an idea book to anyone looking for the best of two worlds; a low carb paleo diet filled with plant based foods.